Founder Interviews: Jed Ng of #rakuten RapidAPI
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Learn how Jed Ng and his team built the world’s largest #api marketplace, scaling Rakuten RapidAPI to over 8,000 APIs and 500,000 developers.Davis Baer: What’s your background, and what are you working on?My name is Jed Ng. I work on building and scaling new tech ventures. I’m especially attracted to the ‘0–1’ of creating new market segments. I also work by bridging corporate/startup partnerships.I’m currently the Head of Rakuten RapidAPI- a venture born from a deal that brought A16Z-backed RapidAPI and $10BN+ eCommerce giant Rakuten together.Rakuten RapidAPI is an API Marketplace. Our mission is to empower software developers to build game-changing applications through web APIs. We’re building a single platform to unify the fragmented Developer experience (DX) when it comes to web APIs. This (...)